FMACREPORT NOV 4, 2011
In attendance: Edgar Cota-Torres, Anthony Cordova, Christina Martinez, Marguerite Cantu, Maria Sergia Steen, Andrea Herrera, Edwardo Portillos, Zena Mello
October Minutes – Minutes approved with Corrections to:
Languages and Culturesannouncements-should have read Poetics and Culture. Should be Jeffrey Montezde Oca misspelled. Strike out Emerging leader. Su Teatrowas misspelled. Minor typos noted.The final strategic plan goes to the regents in April, not January.
Update from the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Dr.Kee Warner:
Diversity Summit in Boulder will be next week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Dr. Warner will send out flyer out to the FMAC list. Posters for the summit were received two days ago. The next summit will be at the Denver Downtown campus.
Strategic Plan:eightytoninety ideas were receivedby the Diversity Foundation. Dr. Warner passed out the comments to the committee to review. The hope is to finalize the strategic goals in the next two weeks and work on feedback.
ICAT: Review of the harassment policy shows that it is unclear as to areas covered.Many areas are covered by the University’s discrimination policy butmay be difficult to locate online. Boulder recently instituted a new harassment policy. This provides an opportunity to use the new Boulder policy as a template to develop and work with through the legal and leadership team. The policy also includes the important requirement of mandatory reporting. UCCS does have an Office of Discrimination: Rosemary Augustine and JoanneMcDevitt.
It was suggested that compiling the comments and situations which students deal with and presenting incidents in a concise manner would go a long was in raising consciousness of the overall community. Another consideration is providing an online training tool.
New Faculty Reception:
The reception was well attended.There were fewer new faculty attending than some previously receptions which may be a result of fewer hires over the last year. The food was adequate. There were excellent conversations and interaction with new faculty and more childrenattending than ever before. A suggestion was made that the reception be earlier in the day or earlier in the semester.An additional suggestion for the next reception was to split up the names of the new faculty among FMAC member and invite them personally. Calling will make a difference.It was also suggested that the next reception committee starts planning before the fall semester.
Ruben Martinez Presentation:
The presentation was very well attended. Theperformance was much appreciated and ofvery high quality. Dr. Martinez read a portion of his book, performed music, and answered questions. There was considerable student interaction.
EMAC- Dr. Portillo/Co chair.
Faculty recruitment and retention:
EMAC discusseda visitor scholar programs such as the one theUniversity ofDenver has, possibly to bring them in for a semester. There was discussion as to where the funding would come from.
Diversity Speaker Series:
Mark Knowles. Find ways to engage the different campuses. IncludeLinguistic Diversity in speakers. Also on the Speaker Series, it was suggested to televise directly to the different campus. The details are to be worked out.
Equity Issues:
GLBTI motion to faculty council to do a system wide equity study passed. EMAC is in contact with GLBTI and have approached Women’s Committee. Will also go to IR council and get information on pay by categories. Data is available by department and by name. Also contactedthe IR council and asked when was the last equity study done. The University of Denver has the most sophisticated review . CU Boulder has something similar there to provide a report. CU Denver also has a review much like Boulder’s, but Anchutz does little review at all. AtUCCS limited review is done. Dr. Portillos will be speaking with Robin Marske in Institution Research. Overall he will be Looking for consistency across the campus;looking toward best practices; looking for salary consistency.
New Business:
Jeff Montez de Oca Proposal to support a teach-in on Occupy Wall Street to occur on November 8th. Requesting $100 of support from FMAC.
It was suggested that those funds received for the proposals from FAMC also submit a final report to the committee.
The proposal was voted on and accepted withappropriate revisions that follow the proposal guidelines, including a budget.
Announcements and Upcoming Events:
Andrea Herrera offered thanks for the work on the Rosa Parks/Cesar Chavez program. Dr. Roger Martinez will be taking over the program from Dr. Herrera this year. FMAC is encouraging faculty to promote the program and to solicitsubmissions from students.
MOSAIC/Anthony Cordova
Next Week, November 9, 3-5pm is thededication to the new entryway at the UC Center. Food, drinks, anda DJ will all be there. MOSAIC Advisory Committee leadership will meet in the spring to plan the retreat to get set over the break.
November18, , in thehallway at MOSAICthere will be an Ice Cream Social where clubs will be invited to meet with the Minority Committee to talk about using the Presidents Minority Fund and how to keep their clubs active over the break. Also a sneak peak of the spring retreat.
Recognition Reception for minority graduates isThursday night, December 8th, Dwire room 204 starting at 5 pm. FMAC will be notified with further information
Last notes: Please work on your profiles. Send to Edgar or Jeff.
Next meeting Dec 2nd, 2011